When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Men as a rule love with their eyes, woman with their ears.

Music is the perfect type of art.

A publisher is simply a useful middle-man.

Bad manners make a journalist.